Retrograde

Name: Retrograde
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Cawdron
ISBN: 9781543602661

Author: Peter Cawdron

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/12/2017

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Venturing into space and travelling to Mars sounds like an exotic adventure, but the reality is living in lava caves hundreds of feet below the surface of a rocky, frozen, lifeless planet is exacting on the Mars Endeavour crew. The only viable option for long term habitation lies beneath the surface of the planet, where humans can be shielded from harsh cosmic radiation.Connor, Harrison, and Liz are senior members of the US module. When war breaks out on Earth, and rumors begin spreading on Mars, they find their core principles rocked by the devastation and loss of friends and family. Who can you trust on an international mission when your countries are at war? As the colonists struggle to figure out what really happened on Earth, grief and anger become pitted against camaraderie and the spirit of exploration.

About Peter Cawdron

PETER CAWDRON is an Australian science fiction writer and author of numerous novels. He lives in Queensland, Australia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chandra on November 11, 2017

Reading a story about a Mars disaster immediately makes you think of The Martian... or at least it did for me. But rather than this being a story built on one person having to survive on Mars while waiting for rescue, we see this story about a colony of various professional people from across severa......more

Goodreads review by Stewart on September 11, 2017

I won a free ARC of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. According to the publication date on the spine, I finished it one day before the release date. Yay, me! Set an unspecified number of years in the future--probably several decades at least--Retrograde takes place on Mars. A permanent base has been......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on November 12, 2021

3.5 Stars This was an entertaining near future sci fi thriller that combined hard science and complicated situations into a compelling narrative. The characters were not particularly deep and the plot was relatively simple, given the length of this short novel. However I really appreciated the accura......more

Goodreads review by Kris on November 05, 2019

Retrograde is an exciting science fiction thriller set in a Mars science station. Nuclear war breaks out back on Earth, and suddenly the American, Russian, Chinese, and European astronauts don’t know who to trust. Virtually no news is coming from Earth — who is nuking whom, and why? Then accidents s......more